[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.13016 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13016 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13016 - **Language:** English ### [c10.13016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13016) 1855.—"Our pilgrim ship . . . was a Sambuk of about 400 \*ardébs\* (50 tons), with narrow wedge-like bows, a clean water-line, a sharp keel, undecked except upon the poop, which was high enough to act as a sail in a gale of wind. We carried 2 masts, imminently raking forward, the main considerably longer than the mizen, and the former was provided with a large triangular latine. . . ."—\*Burton, Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah\*, i. 276; \[Memorial ed. i. 188\]. - [Previous: c10.13015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13015) - [Next: c10.13017](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13017) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13016) · Pramāṇa